Top Cast
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Barbara Auer
Maria
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Monica Bleibtreu
Maria's mother
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Helga Jónsdóttir
Helga
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Arnar Jónsson
Jónas
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Rudolf Kowalski
Bruno
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Gundula Köster
Hedwig
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Hinrik Ólafsson
Olaf
Overview
María has fled her home of Germany in the wake of the aftermath of the second world war and comes to Iceland to work on a farm.
Rating
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